Several of the booby birds' crude nests were brought back for 
Already' 
examination of their insect inhabitants. . A. tiny mollusc, several insects, 
earthworms, and even amphipods were sorted from the debris. Dry grass, 
odds and ends of plants and plant stalks, a few feathers, and even bits of 
driftwood, such as a bit of shingle in one case, go into the bedding of a 
booby nest. 
leave the island, conditions were such that we could almost walk out to the 
launch anchored outside the breakers, but the bottom was treacherous 
and full of deep holes into which one stepped without warning to go in over 
his head. All hands had a grand time; the excitement of getting ashore and 
off again just added to the fun. 
Ok 
As far as fishing was concerned at Clipperton, fcfcse shark conven- 
tion holding forth at the time of our visit SBSt about 
ruined the sport • As soon as a fish was hooked* some shark would either 
}l chop ,! it to pieces or cut the line* Indeed, the first fish of the day was 
a 60- lb * shark hooked by the President as his boat shoved off from the ship* 
Later* Mr* Early landed a 175~POunder after a well nigh exhausting session* 
Both proved to be tiger sharks* Sale oc er do arcticus * The smaller specimen 
was still young enough to be in the spotted and black-barred phase which 
gives the species its characteristic name* ■^IB^^aBiB&^lifs^rather striking 
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and 
In spite of the sharks, a California yellowtail/ a jack crevally 
were caught. Later, using a trout hook and pole, and light line, the President 
